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One of the key tenets of Ascension is that reality is by consensus: if you could convince enough people that yes, you CAN shoot fireballs then reality would shift into people being able to shoot fireballs from their hands. But doing so would be next to impossible and not just because of all the other wizards coming around to slap your shit because they disagree with the idea that people should be able to shoot fireballs from their hands.
I'm watching a sci fi series where the big mystery is that scientists - physicists in particular - are committing suicide. One of the more poignant notes left behind is 'physics isn't real'. Can't shake the feeling of how terrible it must be to be a footsoldier of the 'Technocracy' in the middle of planeswar.One of the key tenets of Ascension is that reality is by consensus: if you could convince enough people that yes, you CAN shoot fireballs then reality would shift into people being able to shoot fireballs from their hands. But doing so would be next to impossible and not just because of all the other wizards coming around to slap your shit because they disagree with the idea that people should be able to shoot fireballs from their hands.
There was a famous Greg Egan novel on this subject. In it, by publishing a theory of physics that enough people believe, it becomes the laws of physics and determines what's possible in the world. (Which happens by the end.)
This is why the Void Engineer Mass Effect idea I pitched earlier might be the best solution: sure it might not be entirely in line with what Ascension is like, but at least it works.I think I understand the concept in theory. What I'll do now is read what sort of stories people tell in their campaigns. I can sort of imagine a videogame story about someone just getting into this world and learning the basics, but I can't put the core conflict of Mage into any specifics. It seems that the problem for a videogame is less so that magic is 'freeform' and more the CC part. If the devs put their foot down and decided what sort of paradigms the PC and all other setpieces work with and against then, well, they sorta strip the cool parts of playing an RPG. In any case every time I read through the wikias and other excerpts the more I want to see it made.One of the key tenets of Ascension is that reality is by consensus: if you could convince enough people that yes, you CAN shoot fireballs then reality would shift into people being able to shoot fireballs from their hands. But doing so would be next to impossible and not just because of all the other wizards coming around to slap your shit because they disagree with the idea that people should be able to shoot fireballs from their hands. The question of what reality should be like is the core conflict in Ascension, and it's not just about humans going up against the eldritch horrors trying to turn reality into their torture porn playground.
After the Etherites left in a huff because the Technocracy approved of the Michelson-Morley experiment that disproved the existence of luminiferous aether the Etherites gave them one final kick in the balls by dropping quantum mechanics into the popular consciousness. Explicit and direct changes to the Consensus like this are rare in Ascension, but they happen.There was a famous Greg Egan novel on this subject. In it, by publishing a theory of physics that enough people believe, it becomes the laws of physics and determines what's possible in the world. (Which happens by the end.)One of the key tenets of Ascension is that reality is by consensus: if you could convince enough people that yes, you CAN shoot fireballs then reality would shift into people being able to shoot fireballs from their hands. But doing so would be next to impossible and not just because of all the other wizards coming around to slap your shit because they disagree with the idea that people should be able to shoot fireballs from their hands.
Novel is called Distress. From 1995.
Edit. There were a couple other novels where this was a central plot point, I recall. Trying to remember...
Im trying to find it but no hope with google. Maybe someone else played it. I remember it had adventure game elements the game starts you off at a pier in middle of night. Combat is turn based like final fantasy. You get progressively better weapons like clubs to crowbars think even chainsaw or at least one of the bosses had one.Now i'm curious. What game?nah I enjoyed this indie shit vampire rpg more then bloodlines. Can't remember if you play as a vampire or slayer. The game starts you off at a pier in middle of the night. The combat is turn based and I think it was made by russians. Bloodlines is a overrated storyfag game.
Atlet chewed on the cables in the maintenance duct.if codex goes down tomorrow you'll know why
It wasn't. They showed only 4 games (Minecraft spin off, new Forza, new Arkane multiplayer shooter, new DMC style rhythm game), and a new expansion for Elder Scrolls online.Xbox event will be tomorrow. I think there is chance that VtmB 2 will showed. Or it will be at Renegade Con
What the fuck.a new expansion for Elder Scrolls online.
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That sounds like an excellent way to get a second thread.I wish someone would just lock this thread. When something concrete is published, it may be unlocked again.
Best post in the thread yet.I wish someone would just lock this thread. When something concrete is published, it may be unlocked again.
Lmao torporfagI wish someone would just lock this thread. When something concrete is published, it may be unlocked again.
That sounds like an excellent way to get a second thread.I wish someone would just lock this thread. When something concrete is published, it may be unlocked again.
You don't want whatever they're making.So whens this shit out, im slowly dying and suffering from existential dread.
gimme the fuken game aight
Rusty stealing my pics like the Americans stole AGFAhere's your kuei-jin bro
why did you draw that?Rusty stealing my pics like the Americans stole AGFAhere's your kuei-jin bro